Academic Year/course:
2019/20
416 - Degree in English
27855 - Translation of Professional and Academic Texts
Información del Plan Docente
Academic Year:
2019/20
Subject:
27855 - Translation of Professional and Academic Texts
Faculty / School:
103 - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Degree:
416 - Degree in English
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
4 and 3
Semester:
Second semester
Subject Type:
Optional
Module:
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3. Assessment (1st and 2nd call)
4. Methodology, learning tasks, syllabus and resources
4.1. Methodological overview
See "Learning tasks " and "Syllabus".
More information will be provided on the first day of class.
4.2. Learning tasks
This is a 6 ECTS course organized as follows:
- Lectures.
- Practice sessions.
- Autonomous work and study.
- Assessment tasks.
4.3. Syllabus
The course will address the following topics:
- Section 1: Introduction to the translation of texts in different professional fields.
- Section 2: Translation of professional texts: legal, institutional and journalistic texts.
- 2.1. The translation of legal English.
- 2.2. The translation of institutional texts.
- 2.3. The translation of news.
- Section 3: Translation of academic and professional texts: scientific, technical and medical texts.
- 3.1. The translation of scientific texts.
- 3.2. The translation of medical texts.
- 3.3. The translation of technical texts.